Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . We mark three general distinctions of Pitch: High, Mod-erate, and Low. I. High Pitch is that which is heard in calling to a personat a distance. It is used in expressing elevated and joyousfeelings and strong emotion ; as, 1. Go ring the bells, and fire the guns. And fling the starry banners out ;Shout Freedom! till your lisping onesGive back their cradle shout. 2. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,My dreams presage some joyful news at hand
Hand-book of calisthenics and gymnastics : a complete drill-book for schools, families, and gymnasiums : with music to accompany the exercises . We mark three general distinctions of Pitch: High, Mod-erate, and Low. I. High Pitch is that which is heard in calling to a personat a distance. It is used in expressing elevated and joyousfeelings and strong emotion ; as, 1. Go ring the bells, and fire the guns. And fling the starry banners out ;Shout Freedom! till your lisping onesGive back their cradle shout. 2. If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,My dreams presage some joyful news at hand ;My bosoms lord sits lightly on his throne,And all this day an unaccustomed spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts. 3. First came renowned Warwick,Who cried aloud, What scourge for perjury 1 Exercise on Pitch.—For a gen- the voice shall have been reached;eral exercise on Pitch, select a sen- when the exercise may be reversed,tence, and deliver it on as low a key So valuable is this exercise, that itas possible ; then repeat it, gradually should be repeated as often as pos-elevating the pitch, until the top of sible. 3. VOCAL GYMNASTICS. Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence ?And so he vanished. Then came wandering byA shadow like an angel, with bright hairDabbled in blood ; and he shrieked out, aloud,—Clarence is come—false, fleeting, perjured Clarence ;Seize on him, ye furies, take him to your torments. II. Moderate Pitch is that which is heard in commonconversation and description, and in moral reflection, orcalm reasoning; as, 1. The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea;And musing there an hour alone, I thought that Greece might still be free ;For, standing on the Persians grave,I could not deem myself a slave. 2. Sometimes we see a cloud thats dragonish ;A vapor, sometime, like a bear, or lion, A towered citadel, or pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory, With trees upon it, that nod unto the world, And mock o
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